Wheatland, MO (May 25th, 2010) - After months of planning, preparation, and anticipation, the 18th Annual DART Show-Me 100 weekend has finally arrived at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. For the first time in the history of this Crown Jewel event, the drivers will now battle for the $30,000 to win top prize at "the Diamond of Dirt Tracks", better known as Lucas Oil Speedway. Drivers, Campers, and Fans have already begun populating the facility as record crowds are expected to watch history being made as a new era of Dirt Late Model Racing begins on Memorial Day Weekend. For the past 17 season, Don and Billie Gibson have hosted the event at West Plains Motor Speedway but with Don's imminent retirement from the racetrack business, the shift to Lucas Oil Speedway is now just days away. Don and Billie are expected to be in attendance this Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway will serve as the Grand Marshalls of the event. "Gus the Mule" is also already on the grounds and is ready for the racing action to get underway.
The 18th Annual DART Show-Me 100 will feature the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on May 27th-29th, 2010 along with the Lucas Oil MLRA. Scott Bloomquist and Earl Pearson Jr. headline the list of recent winners on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour with wins at La Salle Speedway in Illinois and 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa respectively. "The Newport Nightmare" Jimmy Owens scored a series record tying third consecutive win at Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, West Virginia the previous weekend and trails Bloomquist by just 10 points in the Championship Points battle. Billy Moyer snagged a pair of Lucas Oil MLRA wins this past weekend at Missouri State Fair Speedway and at the New Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas. Three Drivers are gridlocked in a tie for the top spot in the Lucas Oil MLRA points standings as Al Purkey, Terry Phillips, and Chad Simpson each have 262 points.
Batesville's Wendell Wallace, Chickamauga, Georgia's Dale McDowell, Steve Casebolt, Chris Wall, Martinsville, Indiana's Don O'Neal, Terry Phillips out of Springfield, Missouri, Bill Frye, Steve Casebolt, Dennis Erb, John Anderson, Jimmy Mars, Dan Schlieper, MLRA Champion Al Purkey, Dan Schlieper, Mike Marlar, and Bub McCool are just a few of the additional drivers expected to be attendance this weekend.
A very small amount of 2-Day Reserved tickets for the event are still available and can be ordered by calling the Lucas Oil Speedway office at (417) 282-5984 Monday-Friday from 8am to 5pm. Reserved front stretch seating is priced at $55 for the event. Lucas Oil Speedway also offers a picturesque camping area with brand new Shower and Bathroom facilities built in 2009. All Dry camping is FREE for this event in 2010 and includes the use of the shower and bathroom facilities. Dry Camping spots in designated areas will be on a first come first served basis. A limited number of spots with water and electric have already been sold out and are not available for this event.
Show-Me 100 weekend gets underway on Thursday, May 27th with the traditional practice night and barbecue. Grandstand admission for Thursday night's practice is FREE. Adult general admission for Friday night is $20 for Adults (16 and up), Seniors (62 and up) & Active Military are just $15, Youth (age 6-15) are just $10, and race fans 5 and under are free. Adult general admission for Saturday night is $25 for Adults (16 and up), Seniors (62 and up) & Active Military are $20, Youth (age 6-15) are just $10, and children 5 and under are free. Pit admission is $25 on Thursday night and $35 on Friday and Saturday night. Family Passes are available on Friday night for $40 and on Saturday night for $50. All Lucas Oil Speedway Tickets are Non-Refundable. Your Show-Me 100 ticket becomes your rain check and can be used a later date on the 2010 schedule. Detailed information about this event and all events at the Lucas Oil Speedway are available at www.LucasOilSpeedway.com.
In addition to all of the activities on track, the off-track activities scheduled to appear include the U.S. Air Force Vapor Tour, the AAA NASCAR Show Car and Simulator display featuring Sam Hornish Jr.'s AAA sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup Car, as well as multiple apparel trailers, racing simulators, vendor displays, and a short Fireworks Show on Saturday night. A driver autograph session will take place on the vendor Midway on Saturday afternoon prior to the on track activities. A Show-Me 100 would not be complete without "Gus the Mule" and fans won't be disappointed as Gus will be in attendance all weekend.
The on track activities for the 18th Annual Show-Me 100 start on Thursday, May 27th with the traditional Late Model practice from 7 pm to 9:30 pm. The popular BBQ Dinner with the drivers and crews will follow. The dinner is FREE to everyone with a pit pass and grandstand spectators are welcome to join for $10.00.
Friday night May 28th will get underway at 7:05 pm and will feature time trials and six heat races for the Super Late Models. The top three finishers in each heat race will move on to Saturday night's main event. The balance of the field in each of the heats will move on to Super Late Model consolation events on Saturday night. The Comp Cams Race of Champions Presented by Quarter Master will also be revived in 2010 and is scheduled to take place during the Friday night portion of the show. The Pitt's Homes A-Modifieds will be featured as the support class running a complete show on Friday night with $500 going to the winner. The Pitt's Homes A-Modifieds will also hold a qualifying session on Friday night to lock in the first 8 rows for Saturday's Main Event. Those that don't qualify in the Top 16 will move on to B-Mains on Saturday night. New Vision Graphics jumps on board as the Presenting Sponsor for both nights of the A-Modifieds.
On Saturday night, the Late Model Chassis Manufacturer's Dash, and Consolation Events will be held for the Super Late Models in addition to the 100 lap Show-Me finale. Open Wheel Modifieds will be featured as the support class and will compete for $500 to win. Racing action will start at 7:05 following Pre-Race Ceremonies featuring the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard. Don and Billie Gibson have been named the Grand Marshalls for the event and plans call for them to wave the green flag to get the 18th Annual DART Show-Me 100 underway!
To find out more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log on to www.lucasdirt.com or call the series office at (951) 532-2503.To find out more about the Lucas Oil MLRA Dirt Late Model Series, please visit www.mlraracing.com or call the series office at (816) 650-5063. For information on DART Machinery, please click www.DARTheads.com, and for information about Lucas Oil, please log on to www.LucasOil.com.
About Lucas Oil Speedway
The Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by Industry Insiders to be one of the top five Dirt Tracks in the Nation. Located in Wheatland Missouri about an hour north of Springfield and only about an hour and a half from Kansas City. It's called "The Diamond of Dirt Tracks" and it certainly lives up to that title. Twenty one luxury suites, a giant HD Jumbo Tron Screen, Musco Sports lighting, a Bose Stadium Sound System, Go Kart Track for all ages, The Diamond Bar, the best track food in the country, and the nicest pits in dirt track racing are just a few of the amenities that set us apart.
We host some of the largest dirt track events in the Midwest featuring some of the biggest names in racing including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, The Lucas Oil Pro-Pulling League, The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars, The Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits, and The Lucas Oil MLRA.
In addition to the awesome special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway hosts the "Rockstar Energy Drink Championship Series" of weekly racing featuring the TNT Quick Shop Late Models, the Pitt's Homes A-Modifieds, and the Carson's Corner Napa Factory Stocks. The National Race Media has called these shows, "some of the Best Weekly Racin' in the Nation!"
Last season the speedway boasted over 15 Nationally Televised Events on ESPN2, SPEED CHANNEL and the Versus Network. For complete information including this seasons schedule, log on to www.LucasOilSpeedway.com.
The 18th Annual DART Show-Me 100 will feature the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on May 27th-29th, 2010 along with the Lucas Oil MLRA. Scott Bloomquist and Earl Pearson Jr. headline the list of recent winners on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour with wins at La Salle Speedway in Illinois and 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa respectively. "The Newport Nightmare" Jimmy Owens scored a series record tying third consecutive win at Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, West Virginia the previous weekend and trails Bloomquist by just 10 points in the Championship Points battle. Billy Moyer snagged a pair of Lucas Oil MLRA wins this past weekend at Missouri State Fair Speedway and at the New Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas. Three Drivers are gridlocked in a tie for the top spot in the Lucas Oil MLRA points standings as Al Purkey, Terry Phillips, and Chad Simpson each have 262 points.
Batesville's Wendell Wallace, Chickamauga, Georgia's Dale McDowell, Steve Casebolt, Chris Wall, Martinsville, Indiana's Don O'Neal, Terry Phillips out of Springfield, Missouri, Bill Frye, Steve Casebolt, Dennis Erb, John Anderson, Jimmy Mars, Dan Schlieper, MLRA Champion Al Purkey, Dan Schlieper, Mike Marlar, and Bub McCool are just a few of the additional drivers expected to be attendance this weekend.
A very small amount of 2-Day Reserved tickets for the event are still available and can be ordered by calling the Lucas Oil Speedway office at (417) 282-5984 Monday-Friday from 8am to 5pm. Reserved front stretch seating is priced at $55 for the event. Lucas Oil Speedway also offers a picturesque camping area with brand new Shower and Bathroom facilities built in 2009. All Dry camping is FREE for this event in 2010 and includes the use of the shower and bathroom facilities. Dry Camping spots in designated areas will be on a first come first served basis. A limited number of spots with water and electric have already been sold out and are not available for this event.
Show-Me 100 weekend gets underway on Thursday, May 27th with the traditional practice night and barbecue. Grandstand admission for Thursday night's practice is FREE. Adult general admission for Friday night is $20 for Adults (16 and up), Seniors (62 and up) & Active Military are just $15, Youth (age 6-15) are just $10, and race fans 5 and under are free. Adult general admission for Saturday night is $25 for Adults (16 and up), Seniors (62 and up) & Active Military are $20, Youth (age 6-15) are just $10, and children 5 and under are free. Pit admission is $25 on Thursday night and $35 on Friday and Saturday night. Family Passes are available on Friday night for $40 and on Saturday night for $50. All Lucas Oil Speedway Tickets are Non-Refundable. Your Show-Me 100 ticket becomes your rain check and can be used a later date on the 2010 schedule. Detailed information about this event and all events at the Lucas Oil Speedway are available at www.LucasOilSpeedway.com.
In addition to all of the activities on track, the off-track activities scheduled to appear include the U.S. Air Force Vapor Tour, the AAA NASCAR Show Car and Simulator display featuring Sam Hornish Jr.'s AAA sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup Car, as well as multiple apparel trailers, racing simulators, vendor displays, and a short Fireworks Show on Saturday night. A driver autograph session will take place on the vendor Midway on Saturday afternoon prior to the on track activities. A Show-Me 100 would not be complete without "Gus the Mule" and fans won't be disappointed as Gus will be in attendance all weekend.
The on track activities for the 18th Annual Show-Me 100 start on Thursday, May 27th with the traditional Late Model practice from 7 pm to 9:30 pm. The popular BBQ Dinner with the drivers and crews will follow. The dinner is FREE to everyone with a pit pass and grandstand spectators are welcome to join for $10.00.
Friday night May 28th will get underway at 7:05 pm and will feature time trials and six heat races for the Super Late Models. The top three finishers in each heat race will move on to Saturday night's main event. The balance of the field in each of the heats will move on to Super Late Model consolation events on Saturday night. The Comp Cams Race of Champions Presented by Quarter Master will also be revived in 2010 and is scheduled to take place during the Friday night portion of the show. The Pitt's Homes A-Modifieds will be featured as the support class running a complete show on Friday night with $500 going to the winner. The Pitt's Homes A-Modifieds will also hold a qualifying session on Friday night to lock in the first 8 rows for Saturday's Main Event. Those that don't qualify in the Top 16 will move on to B-Mains on Saturday night. New Vision Graphics jumps on board as the Presenting Sponsor for both nights of the A-Modifieds.
On Saturday night, the Late Model Chassis Manufacturer's Dash, and Consolation Events will be held for the Super Late Models in addition to the 100 lap Show-Me finale. Open Wheel Modifieds will be featured as the support class and will compete for $500 to win. Racing action will start at 7:05 following Pre-Race Ceremonies featuring the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard. Don and Billie Gibson have been named the Grand Marshalls for the event and plans call for them to wave the green flag to get the 18th Annual DART Show-Me 100 underway!
To find out more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log on to www.lucasdirt.com or call the series office at (951) 532-2503.To find out more about the Lucas Oil MLRA Dirt Late Model Series, please visit www.mlraracing.com or call the series office at (816) 650-5063. For information on DART Machinery, please click www.DARTheads.com, and for information about Lucas Oil, please log on to www.LucasOil.com.
About Lucas Oil Speedway
The Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by Industry Insiders to be one of the top five Dirt Tracks in the Nation. Located in Wheatland Missouri about an hour north of Springfield and only about an hour and a half from Kansas City. It's called "The Diamond of Dirt Tracks" and it certainly lives up to that title. Twenty one luxury suites, a giant HD Jumbo Tron Screen, Musco Sports lighting, a Bose Stadium Sound System, Go Kart Track for all ages, The Diamond Bar, the best track food in the country, and the nicest pits in dirt track racing are just a few of the amenities that set us apart.
We host some of the largest dirt track events in the Midwest featuring some of the biggest names in racing including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, The Lucas Oil Pro-Pulling League, The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars, The Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits, and The Lucas Oil MLRA.
In addition to the awesome special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway hosts the "Rockstar Energy Drink Championship Series" of weekly racing featuring the TNT Quick Shop Late Models, the Pitt's Homes A-Modifieds, and the Carson's Corner Napa Factory Stocks. The National Race Media has called these shows, "some of the Best Weekly Racin' in the Nation!"
Last season the speedway boasted over 15 Nationally Televised Events on ESPN2, SPEED CHANNEL and the Versus Network. For complete information including this seasons schedule, log on to www.LucasOilSpeedway.com.
